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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; operation of farm tractors on interstate highways; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1B of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of farm use vehicle, so as to prohibit operation of farm tractors on interstate highways; to provide for an exception; to provide for operation of farm tractors on state and local roadways; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 693"
citation: "Georgia HB 693 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Patty Bentley", "Robert Dickey", "Sam Watson", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5edb86b-aaf5-488e-a889-4badd87b61f8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bc5b9568a1f5aba7d5b1e833eaa18efc8db1b35a21a8e50105bee1a78ad2b672"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 693 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; operation of farm tractors on interstate highways; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1B of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of farm use vehicle, so as to prohibit operation of farm tractors on interstate highways; to provide for an exception; to provide for operation of farm tractors on state and local roadways; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 693/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200705.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1695/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199262.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **173–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-01** House Hopper
- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09** Act 14 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5edb86b-aaf5-488e-a889-4badd87b61f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).